Some things funny. Most things theatre. All things me. Plus, a sprinkling of "gay" thrown in for good measure.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Tan: You Handle It?

I may or may not be a Secret Shopper in the greater Chicagoland area. This being or not been said, I may or may not have "fake baked" for the first time.

Ok, I did.Gross.

It was free, thank god.

But gross.

Positive"I love Amy Winehouse's new song! Lemme crank up the volume on my personal radio! ::dances around the booth...?::"

Negative "Is that the smell of my flesh burning?! Ewwwwwwww!"::24-hours AND two showers later::"Is that the smell of myflesh burning...STILL?! Ewwwwwwww!"Tanning makes me feel like I'm buying (or is it renting?) a prostitute: it's fun while I'm inside, but it's nothing but tawdry guilt, smelling awful, and feeling sticky afterwards.

"The ghosts of all who have come before. Anyone that ever sang a note or danced a routine. You can feel in the rafters, in the wings, in the handrails on the stairs and you carry it with you every time you step onstage." - Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

@mwilliampanek

"There is a beautiful word, that word is 'ephemeral.' It’s getting kind of obsolete in these days of 'if it’s not on your phone, does it even exist?' but it’s the foundation of the magic of theatre." - Marc Shaiman

"I share this, actually, with not only everybody in this room, but all the actors in Chicago and in storefronts and everybody who does this crazy, insane, frustrating job - the greatest job - on Earth. We are the ones who say it to their faces, and we have a unique responsibility." - Tracy Letts' 2013 Tony Award speech

@brownpaperboxco

"John Barrymore, one of the America's finest Shakespearean actors, was once asked by a serious student of drama whether or not Hamlet had actually had an affair with his mother. Barrymore thought about it and thought about it and then he said, 'Only in the Chicago company.'" - Joan Rivers, 1990 Tony Award ceremony.

"You're lying in a bed in the city of Chicago with your arms around a person who's made the decision to move through the world with you. That may just be comfort and not much more, but it may be love too." -Tracy Letts, Superior Donuts

"Theatre has to be specific, never general. It can never be general pathos, general self-pity, general movement. It has to be about something all the time. General emotion is the curse of theatre." -Leonard Bernstein